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Two years after the Arab oil embargo, the Energy Policy and Conservation Act set up a federal emergency oil stockpile and gave the President the power to order it sold when supply is severely interrupted. Ford called the bill imperfect but signed it anyway, to end "the long debate over national energy policy".

Proclamation 10918 lifted the ban on commercial fishing in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, more than 400,000 square miles of ocean around Wake, Johnston, Jarvis and other US islands, saying the closure had pushed US fleets offshore.

Executive Order 14276 told the Commerce Department to cut fishing regulations, expand access to fishing grounds and draw up an America First Seafood Strategy, saying nearly 90% of the seafood on US shelves is imported.

President Trump ended duty-free de minimis treatment for shipments worth $800 or less from China and Hong Kong at 12:01 a.m. EDT on 2 May 2025. The change subjected packages from platforms such as Shein and Temu to full customs duties and formal entry.

In the Oval Office, Donald Trump unveiled Golden Dome, a planned shield of space-based sensors and interceptors against ballistic, hypersonic and cruise missiles, putting its cost at $175 billion.

President Trump signed the GENIUS Act into law on 18 July 2025, creating the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins with 1:1 reserve backing and monthly reserve disclosures.

A 39% US tariff on Swiss goods took effect under Executive Order 14308, hitting Switzerland's watch industry harder than almost any other sector; Swatch Group CEO Nick Hayek warned prices would have to rise, and FH figures later showed Swiss watch exports to the US falling 55.6% year-on-year by September.

A 15% US baseline tariff on European Union goods, covering most EU-made fashion and leather goods among other categories, took effect under an executive order implementing the Trump administration's trade framework with the EU.

The United States ended duty-free de minimis treatment for low-value shipments from every country at 12:01 a.m. EDT on 29 August 2025. The change extended to the rest of the world an exemption's end that had applied only to China and Hong Kong since May, subjecting packages worth $800 or less from retailers such as Shein and Temu to ordinary customs duties.

Executive Order 14347 authorised the Department of Defense to call itself the Department of War, and its secretary the Secretary of War, in non-statutory settings, and gave the secretary 60 days to recommend the legislative and executive actions needed to make the change permanent.

Executive Order 14352 declared a framework deal a qualified divestiture: TikTok's US app goes to a new US-majority joint venture, with Oracle as the security provider holding all US user data.

In the Oval Office, the White House announces a deal under which EMD Serono sells its IVF drugs Gonal-f, Ovidrel and Cetrotide at steep discounts through TrumpRx, plus a new standalone fertility benefit employers can offer.

At a maternal healthcare event in the Oval Office, Trump announces a proposed rule letting employers offer fertility benefits outside their health plans, a day after HHS launched moms.gov for expecting and new mothers.

Proclamation 11035 removed monument-based bans on commercial fishing in parts of Papahānaumokuākea beyond 50 nautical miles, the Islands Unit of the Mariana Trench monument and waters 12 to 50 nautical miles around Rose Atoll, for US-flagged vessels.

Scotch and other UK whisky entered the US tariff-free from 24 July 2026, ending the 10% duty imposed in April 2025 on a market worth about £1 billion a year to UK distillers.

A 50% US duty on Canadian beer, wine, cider and spirits took effect after a three-day pause, in retaliation for provinces' boycott of American alcohol, and Canada suspended trade talks and vowed dollar-for-dollar countermeasures.

Executive Order 14430 makes marine recreational fishing a consideration in all federal ocean decisions and orders NOAA to replace mail-in catch surveys with app reporting and to use states' data where its own MRIP estimates are unreliable.

After Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins warned on 22 September 2026 that the draft order could undermine merit review, the White House dropped a plan for a panel to screen NIH grants, though it has not abandoned changing how research dollars are awarded.

Canadian spirits, wine and malt beer are barred from entering the US from 29 September 2026, escalating the 50% tariff into a near-total import ban over provinces' boycott of American alcohol.

Trump announced on October 4 that Jay Clayton would serve as AI czar and lead the Super Intelligence Force. The appointment supersedes the October 2 forecast; the task force was given 120 days to report on AI risks and opportunities.

The national tree and state trees are displayed south of the White House.

President Trump has said US tariffs on cars, trucks, auto parts and steel from Canada will rise to 50% on 1 January 2027, doubling the 25% now charged on Canadian autos, after trade talks collapsed in August.